cawthon777

I think life on the road makes the years blend together for a lot of the guys so don't hold it against Patterson. I think in most cases, we as fans have a better idea of who they've faced in their career than they do.

Someone on the KM message board indicated that an Observer from the time period said this was the first Rumble and, in it, Dave compared the concept to a battle royal / blood-less Wargames. WWF @ St. Louis, MO - October 4, 1987 WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned the One Man Gang The Junkyard Dog won a Royal Rumble match (the first ever Royal Rumble) No clue of the participants or how many were involved.

What's wrong with that? Even on the throw away PPVs it's been done and done well - Jericho / Rock for instance.

Hardly. Lita was so awful on Monday night that it was like a car crash you couldn't turn away from. Those screams were laughable. She serves no purpose whatsoever. ...At least Torrie looks good.

Actually that was very over until they killed it off by bringing Kane back and having him single handedly destroy all the Un Americans.

Because, much like Jericho, Kane can lose and still keep his heat. I don't know what they're going to do and neither does anyone else on this board ... so no one have a heart attack over this when it hasn't even been announced on TV. Now that that's been said, Benoit vs. Kane would be very watchable and would give Benoit a big rub by making the Kane tap to the Crossface.

In my opinion it would be a waste of time. They got competant wrestlers that could be pushed a bit. They don't need another JBL. Certainly don't push him but Steiner could definately be used to put over the low card Smackdown faces.

Because then you won't be able to relate to the other annoyingly critical posts on this board ...? Or were you being rhetorical?

A little conspiracy theory there, huh? I don't mind. Gives Benoit another big win at a PPV.

Keith has a book out? ...Wow.

Well obviously I would prefer something to nothing but when you have the fans sit there for hours upon hours as the WWF caters to the home audience ... a 20 second world title match and 2-minute casket match doesn't quite cut it, IMO.

Yep. I believe that was the deciding factor in Zbyszko going over at Starrcade ... or at least one of the factors.

Sounds like bullshit. Because it is. Taping WCW's biggest pay-per-view of the year 2 months before it's supposed to air live? Yeah ... okay.

It's a pretty tight shot but I didn't see any cameras at ringside.

Bruno had a match on Bloodbath as well.

Bobby, you're just desperate for heel heat tonight aren't you?

Well, aren't you special. Thanks for more useless information, Graham. Dude, I'm going to kick you in the shin for that one.

I know you'd know better than me, Cawthon, but I always thought that show was in Seattle. It was. I misspoke.

I think at that point, WCW was so lacking in the way of plans that they hadn't even planned on where the following night's Nitro was going to be held. They needed a plant. Paid an indy guy a few bucks for the job. That was probably the extent of their plans for him in WCW.

Hey, if it works ...

1. Probably one of the MSG rematches after Graham won the belt. I want. 2. Never saw the alley fight. I want. 3. Already have both title changes on The History of the IC Title. Can easily live without. Pedro wasn't that great in the ring. I want Muraco / Backlund. 4. Never saw any of the Jesse / Backlund matches. I want. 5. ...It's from WrestleMania 1 isn't it? Because according to the WWE, Studd never had another big match. Bleh. 6. I predict this is for the IC title and probably one of their MSG matches after Valentine won the belt. Maybe the cerfew draw. I want. 7. From WrestleMania III? Bleh. I dare them to go in the vault and dig out some quality Race stuff (WWWF / NWA title unification from Miami!) I'll definately get the DVD but this is such a teaser when it comes to the extra matches.

Because the last one was so good </sarcasm> Embarrassingly rushed. Judgment Day 2002. Triple H vs. Jericho HIAC. It didn't close the PPV (though in retrospect, it should have considering the crappy Taker / Hogan match that did go on last). Maybe it's because I'm an optimist but I don't see any need to start bitching about who gets top billing when no matches have even been announced on TV as of yet.

WWF @ Macon, GA - Coliseum - January 28, 1991 WWF Superstars taping: 2/16/91 - included the debut of Paul Bearer as he was introduced during the Brother Love Show as the Undertaker's new manager

Think it had something to do with his insurance through Lloyds of London ... forget the specifics. But basically he wasn't able to wrestle.

Happens all the time. All you need is a really evil bad guy to make it work. In this case it was Yoko. In Piper's case it was Adonis. In Savage's case it was Honky. In Hercules, Bossman, and Virgil's case it was Dibiase ... and so on. You hate the heel so much that you'll cheer the other guy twice as much, regardless of his past.